Santa Ana police Saturday were asking the public for help locating a motorist who killed a 60-year-old bicyclist in a hit-and-run accident.
Police received multiple calls about a bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Standard Avenue and Warner Avenue at about 6:15 p.m. Friday, the Santa Ana Police Department reported.
“Officers, along with Orange County Fire Authority, responded to the scene and located the bicyclist, Francois Primeau of Irvine, lying in the roadway with significant injuries,” the department said. “Despite life-saving efforts, Primeau was pronounced deceased at the scene by OCFA.”
Based on the preliminary investigation, officials said Primeau was riding his bicycle through the intersection when he was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound on Warner. Immediately following the collision, the driver fled the scene, they added.
The SAPD’s Collision Investigation Unit is investigating this incident. Anyone with information about the case was asked to contact Detective K. Briley at 714-245-8215, or 714-245-8200.
Very sad. And where Santa Ana really messed up is that they do not have cameras recording intersections. Any other municipality in OC would have identified the driver easily. Santa Ana has chosen not to spend the NOMINAL (!!!!!) amount of money to store recorded video. In many intersections in Santa Ana, they already have the cameras. They just won’t use them to record. So many accidents happening in Santa Ana (non-cyclist and now cyclist) that could be solved easily.
I live here in Santa Ana. And I’m out within the next two years. Can’t stand it.